so for my moms birthday, which is a month away, my parents are going to las vegas. the last time they went there was when we were at my aunts in california. my cousins were 9 and they went along with my 2 aunts and uncle and parents. i had to stay home with my aunts crazy husband. and they always told me the next time they were going, id go too. SO now my parents say that i cant go, which really pissed me off, but it didnt piss me off as much as their 2 excuses of why i cant go. they said that im "too young", im 13, and i dont see how im too young if my cousins went when they were 9, so i told that too my mom and she said "they didnt go anywhere", and i told her "yeah then how come i see them in all the pics?. so for the second bs excuse, well my dads parents arent the nicest people in the world and my moms side of the family hates them, so yesterday my mom was like "its your dads moms bday" and I said " WHAT *BLEEP* I HAVE TO STAY BECAUSE OF SOME BS U 2 SIDES OF THE FAMILY CANT AGREE ON?" so my freidns went there and had a good time, and i dont see why i dont get to go. :mad: so im going to have to be with my grandparents in their ancient house which doesnt even have regular tv. this sucks. so any ideas?

13 is young for las vegas...but i agree they are being "mean" but they dont suck they are trying to do what is best for you....it will pass just dont annoy them about it...let it go and they will see how mature you are

I think you are missing the point that your parents want to celebrate your mother's birthday together without company. Maybe they are looking forward to a vacation away from you. Not that this makes you bad or anything, just sometimes parents want to not have a child or children around so they can enjoy themselves completely as a couple.

You should sieze this opportunity to get to know your grandparents better. They have lived during times that you might find interesting. Ask them about what things were like when they were your age. If you build a bridge between you and them instead of a wall, the time will go by so fast you won't miss the regular TV.

I'll have to agree with Mich there. Although it is hard to take the truth, i find elders are smarter than us ten-fold even if we're an expert on the subject. Maybe it's because they've lived through it or experienced it themselves.

I've always been fascinated by stories my mother told me about my grandmother on my father's side. She was a rubber tapper and had to work all day to earn only a meager amount of money to survive. Life was horrible and she was even match-maked into marriage with an okay husband but has an ENORMOUS temper, anything would set him off steaming. The problem is that she can only speaka few basic words in English, any other words would have to be in Hakka, her native dialect, or her second mother tongue - Chinese. I was nine back then and my Chinese was pretty bad (failed Chinese almost every year ), then she passed away and i realized how awful it is that i didn't really get to know her because of the language difference.

So i say that you should really get to know your grandparents. They may be a nag or may have some nasty habits, but they cannot help that. What they can help is the stuff they can tell you about their lives before, and trust me, its usually good stuff ^^.

I agree what Mich and evion have posted but I would like to toss in a bit of reality not to be cruel and all. But I would recommend family therapy, although I can't tell what kind of enviroment you actually live in, just remember don't bring all that crap to your family when you have kids of your own.

lol dude, my parents go to vegas every year and they've never even invited me... and im 25 =P however, just try to make the best of it at your grandparents man, they wont be alive forever. i miss my grandfather so much and sometimes its hard to remember what he looks like because its been so long since he passed away. where do your grandparents live? im sure there is something to do there. go cow tipping or something hehe, thats always fun =)

i used to live in las vegas and i was like 8-10 years old when i did live there. it is really boring there for a young kid. but i would rather go to las vegas then sit in an ancient house with grandparents. but some little advice dont bug your parents about it they will probly just get more pissed off with you, then they might not want to bring you the next time they go. so just leave it at what they said and deal with it. and what you said about your parents sucking that might seem like that. but its probly not. just being mean

Honestly you think this is the worst, it's not. It's not your birthday, it's hers. Maybe they wanted to take the youngins' because they thought it'd be special. I'm sure there's a time in your life where they brought you somewhere, no brothers/cousins or anyone. Just put up with it is all I can say. Suck it up, go hang out with friends.

Think of it this way. Whether or not your parents are "nice" to you or not, without them you wouldn't be sitting here right now.

Yeah your parents do suck. My advice is to run away and to never show up until a big search begins and every single news station in America is looking for you. That'll show them. Then show up and make a false story about how someone abducted you and your off the hook and you'll parent will probably take you to Las Vegas and you'll be happy.

Just kidding. Just be a baby about it and ignore them, then they'll see that they hurt you and will take you somewhere